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Rats live for quite a short time and for most of that time they are very, very happy. The guardian beautifully written with a dry sense of humor. Rose, who looks exactly like a baby rat, all pink, wrinkled, and writhing. This little rat has destroyed everything, even ruined the wonderful relationship that pearl had with her stepfather, the.
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This is the best teen book i have read in awhile due to its originality and heartbreakingly real grief. Apr 27, 2014 the year of the rat is a poignant and thoughtprovoking novel that discusses themes of grief and dealing with the death of a parent and how one goes about leading a normal life after that. The year of the rat quotes showing 16 of 6 for now the world keeps turning and i keep breathing, in and out, in and out. The year of the rat by clare furniss 9781471120275. Crisply toldtheres a lot of heartbreak in clare furnisss book, but the story is. I breathe in the life that is all around me, in this garden, in this city, in the fields beyond it, in the seas beyond them and the shores on the other side.
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